Maral Sarebanzdeh receives the Acta Student Award

Maral sarebanzadeh has received the Acta Student Award for his primary contribution to the paper:

M. Sarebanzadeh, A. Orozco-Caballero, E. Nieto-Valeiras, J. LLorca – Twin nucleation at grain boundaries in Mg analyzed through in situ electron backscatter diffraction and high-resolution digital image correlation. Acta Materialia, 285, 120678, 2025.

The Acta Student award will be presented at the  Acta Symposium which will take place during TMS 2026 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California in March 2026.

Maral is the third PhD student from the Bio/Chemo/Mechanics of Materials research group that receives this prestigious award. The former ones were Bárbara Bellón (2022) and Biaobiao Yang (2024).

Congratulations to Maral for this deserved award!.